Smarsh and AWS Target the Governance Gap in AI-Powered Surveillance
Smarsh recently reported what it describes as breakthrough results from its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including a 77% reduction in compliance review workload at one global investment bank. The three-month deployment analysed millions of alerts and, according to Smarsh, produced a 2% decline in true positives. The results provide an early test of...
Date: 8 September 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes The democratisation of data has encouraged engineers to think about how to make their data estates more accessible and useable for non-technical business end-users. Translating intention into data action requires careful configuration that enables consumers to mine insight, analytics…
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied…
The high level of data and data product use-case customisation among financial institutions offers an insight into the challenges that technology teams face in managing their organisations’ data. Observability has become more difficult as each data user tailors their tech provisions to their own business needs and data provisioning must be similarly responsive at a...
Smarsh recently reported what it describes as breakthrough results from its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including a 77% reduction in compliance review workload at one global investment bank. The three-month deployment analysed millions of alerts and, according to Smarsh, produced a 2% decline in true positives. The results provide an early test of...
Rothera, the CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange and clearinghouse founded as a joint venture between Robinhood and Susquehanna International Group, has launched its trading and clearing platform on Adaptive’s Aeron Exchange Accelerator technology, going live in under five months, in time for the 2026 World Cup. The platform reports $3 billion contracts traded during its first...
Most vendor conversations begin with what a dataset covers. MarketCheck on the other hand will tell you, in some detail, what its data can’t see. The company, founded in 2012, aggregates vehicle listings from public dealer advertising across the United States and Canada, and used vehicles in the UK. It captures roughly 6 million unique...
Decisions in financial markets are increasingly shaped by machines. Yet the information feeding those decisions is arriving in unprecedented volume, velocity and variety. As a result, the true differentiator is no longer access to more content, but access to news that is trusted, relevant and correct to the moment in time. With AI rapidly becoming...
Following the momentum and buzz surrounding prediction markets during the 2024 US elections, event-based trading has rapidly emerged as one of the most dynamic growth areas in capital markets. What was once considered a niche segment has evolved into a global opportunity, attracting established exchanges, everyday participants, fintech innovators, and entrepreneurs seeking to launch new...
In an era of escalating regulatory pressure, financial institutions can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to transform compliance from a cost burden into a strategic competitive advantage. These technologies, applied to sophisticated monitoring systems, generate structured, high-quality data at scale, converting what was once a static compliance archive into a source...
TS Imagine has expanded its electronic trading workflow integration with fixed income fintech provider Trumid. The update provides TS Imagine clients with broader access to Trumid’s trading ecosystem, including its list-based workflows, Trumid RFQ and Portfolio Trading (PT), alongside expanded automation and cross-protocol capabilities. The integration introduces automated RFQ submission via Trumid AutoPilot, headless responder…
FutureSports has emerged from stealth to introduce independent, rules-based financial indexes that turn professional and college sports statistics into benchmark assets. Backed by prominent financial and sports institutions, the firm will soon roll out partnerships and products designed to provide new risk management and trading options across the sports ecosystem. The company raised a seed…
Connamara Technologies has announced that its EP3 exchange, clearing, and surveillance platform now supports bilateral matching. This enhancement enables market operators to establish trading venues where transactions are governed by bilateral counterparty agreements rather than central clearing. The capability is designed to assist global customers in meeting regulatory requirements for bilateral trading while expanding the…
Geneva-based buy-side outsourced dealing provider Greenwich Dealing has selected regulatory solutions from eflow and xyt to enhance oversight across its execution activity and compliance processes. Managing relationships with over 150 brokers, investment banks, and alternative platforms globally, Greenwich Dealing delivers execution services alongside pre- and post-trade guidance to institutional investors. The firm adopted the combined…
Visa has launched the Visa Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise initiative that will bring stablecoin services to more than 200 million Visa-affiliated merchants. The platform, which is currently available to select beta users, initially supports Circle’s USDC and Paxos’ USDG stablecoins. In the future it will also work with the planned Open USD stablecoin from the Open…
The US and UK Governments have issued a joint statement establishing shared regulatory principles for stablecoins and tokenized assets, aiming to align frameworks for cross-border access while retaining individual legal requirements. According to the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future, the guidelines advocate for 1:1 backing of stablecoins with high-quality liquid assets, timely redemption…
FinregE has published a seven-step process for identifying emerging regulatory requirements and preparing operational changes before rules take effect. The framework, detailed in Regulatory Horizon Scanning: Proactive Compliance in 2026, addresses the “implementation lag” between an early policy signal and the changes required across products, budgets, policies and controls. FinregE argues that waiting until legislation…
KYB data provider Kyckr has reported 46% revenue growth for the financial year ended June 2026, which it described as its strongest performance in two decades. The company attributes the increase to regulatory pressure in Australia and North America, where firms face growing scrutiny of the data supporting their compliance controls. Kyckr said regulated firms…
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced that its licensed data and analytics are now available on Model ML. This integration is facilitated by a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, providing secure access to AI-ready financial content directly within financial services workflows. Model ML operates as an AI workflow automation platform specifically designed for…
TRG Screen, a global provider of market data and subscription management software for financial services and legal firms, has completed the acquisition of BST America. Based in New York, BST America operates as a specialist market data advisory and consultancy firm with more than two decades of industry expertise. This transaction extends TRG Screen’s corporate…
Financial technology solutions provider BondWave LLC has released an update to its fixed income platform, Effi, introducing expanded Trade Oversight and Transaction Quality Analysis (TQA) functions. The update increases the Trade Oversight module’s capabilities by adding 14 new configurable attributes, bringing the total to 23. These new attributes, which include Execution Yield, Base Price, and…
Luxembourg-based audit and consulting firm HACA Partners has selected Muinmos’ KYC and AML screening as it seeks to reduce manual processing and apply more consistent risk controls. The Luxembourg-based audit and consulting firm, which supports more than 500 clients operating internationally will use the technology for checks on its own clients, its clients’ customers and…
Institutional digital-asset firms may be able to trade without placing assets directly on an exchange, but establishing the legal relationships behind that model can remain a lengthy process. BridgePort is seeking to reduce that friction with a common contractual framework for off-exchange settlement arrangements involving trading firms, custodians and execution venues. The company is piloting…
Muriel Siebert & Co. has selected tZERO to provide the digital securities infrastructure for its new asset tokenisation business. Siebert, which manages some $20 billion in assets, is deploying tZERO’s technology stack to support its expansion into DLT-based investments. The platform will handle the entire lifecycle of Siebert’s digital assets, covering investor onboarding, compliance, custody,…
Circle, the issuer of the world’s largest regulated stablecoin – USDC – has received approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., a national trust bank. The bank will operate under the name Circle National Trust. Via its trust bank, Circle will be…
ISS STOXX has named Virginia Gomez as its next chief executive effective on August 3. Gomez has more than 20 years of leadership experience and served as president of North America at Dun & Bradstreet, executive vice president of product and portfolio management at TransUnion and in leadership positions at LexisNexis and PeopleFluent. Gomez will…
Precisely has appointed Vinesh Vis as chief revenue officer to drive sales execution and customer growth, and Jane Gilson as chief business officer to manage commercial growth frameworks. Vis joins from Smarsh, where he worked as chief revenue officer and general manager, following revenue leadership roles at Oracle and other private and public technology companies;…
Ethereum specialist Consensys suspended releases of its popular MetaMask wallet earlier this year after determining that a contractor with links to North Korea had access to its code for about a month. The unnamed contractor, who worked via a third-party service provider, was determined to have made contributions to MetaMask-related code. Consensys – which reported…
Band of America has named Sonali Theisen ?as ?head of its global digital assets platform. Based in New York City, she will combine her new role, which is to “oversee design, development, scaling and governance of the bank’s digital-assets platform,” with her current responsibilities as head ?of ?Global Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities E?trading and…
Regulatory intelligence and reporting specialist Qomply has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Andee Schneider as Managing Director, North America, adding capital markets sales, execution and client advisory experience as the firm looks to expand its presence across the Americas and APAC. Schneider brings more than two decades of financial markets experience,…
Gresham has appointed Spiros Giannaros as chief executive to succeed Mark Hepsworth at the enterprise data automation company for financial services firms. Giannaros previously spent more than 25 years in capital markets software, serving as chief executive at Charles River Development and partner at Markit, where he led the business that Gresham acquired in 2026….
Broadridge Financial Solutions has recruited Mark Nichols to be Co-President of its Digital Assets business unit. Nichols, who joints from EY where he was a Partner, will lead Broadridge’s strategy, product development, and execution in the tokenisation and digital asset arena. He will work alongside Co-President German Soto, who adds the Co-President title to his Chief Product Officer role….
The Ethereum Foundation is cutting approximately 20% of its staff in a reorganisation that will reduce its operating budget by 40% and slow a drain on its treasury funds. The resulting organization will focus on enterprise engagement, financial infrastructure and policy coordination, as well as continuing work on censorship resistance and self-sovereign architecture. Meanwhile, five…
Client lifecycle management specialist Fenergo has appointed Lekshmi Nair as chief revenue officer to lead the global go-to-market organisation and commercial operations. Nair previously worked at Finastra, formerly Misys, where she held roles in software development, delivery, platform sales and enterprise leadership before serving as global chief revenue officer for lending. Based in London, Nair…
Stablecoin Standard has appointed Dr Lisa Cameron to support its government relations and policy engagement across the United Kingdom and United States. In her new role, she will focus on convening global policymakers and members through a series of dedicated initiatives, including roundtables, networking dinners, and international trade missions. Dr Cameron brings extensive legislative and…
Genesis Global has announced five senior leadership promotions to support increasing client demand for efficient, compliant software delivery in capital markets. The appointments are strategically positioned to help financial institutions integrate artificial intelligence into their development processes. By combining AI capabilities with a library of established capital markets workflows and components, the Genesis platform ensures…
Capital markets data and analytics provider BMLL has appointed Michael Chiappinelli as Chief Revenue Officer. Based in the United States, Chiappinelli will lead the company’s international commercial strategy and global sales function, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Paul Humphrey as part of the executive management team. His appointment follows the company’s acquisition by Nordic…
Eventus, provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced two major additions to its leadership team. Eric Litz has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Sarah-Jane McColl joins as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Both executives report directly to CEO Cameron Routh as part of the company’s focus on enhancing client compliance…
End-to-end regulatory operating system FinregE has appointed Paul Lyon as chief marketing and communications officer, creating a new executive role as the company looks to sharpen its market positioning during a period of growth. Based in London, Lyon will report to Rohini Gupta, chief executive officer, and lead FinregE’s communications, analyst relations, brand, marketing and…
Corlytics has appointed Lisa Miles-Heal as chief executive officer, effective June, as the Verdane-backed regulatory intelligence firm prepares for its next phase of international growth. Miles-Heal brings nearly two decades of executive experience in technology-led businesses. Most recently, she oversaw the transition of accounting compliance company Silverfin from a founder-led business into a Visma group…
Meet the winners in the TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
A-Team Group is proud to unveil the winners of this year’s Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC. Now in its second year, this program highlights the exceptional technology providers and financial institutions driving the next wave of innovation across the Asia-Pacific financial ecosystem.
Building on our expansion into the alternative data market, A-Team Group is proud to be launching a new awards program. These awards will recognize and celebrate the industry’s most innovative providers and services, spotlighting excellence in this rapidly evolving space.
